Diana, I'm veering off topic a bit - but - I really like the look of that top tube bag on your Platypus. Looks like it was made specifically for it. Is it a custom?
On Sunday, August 18, 2024 at 10:14:47 AM UTC-4 Diana H wrote: > Hi Leah, > > Following up on my promise to go to Riv HQ to ask about road bikes. I was > there yesterday asking about their road bikes and swapping my Platy for an > Atlantis/Appa (which, btw I'm still interested > <https://groups.google.com/g/rbw-owners-bunch/c/fm4J73xi4Oo/m/nuKyafGkAQAJ> > to do! Looking for newer models so my parts transfer). > > For road bikes I was only able to test ride the Homer, but wow it felt > twitchy and fast. Between the Homer and Roadini, Riv suggested the Homer bc > it had more brazeons and tire clearance. The Roadini is as much as a road > bike you can get (aside from the roadeo), but you won't be doing anything > else other than group rides with it. > > Anyway seems like a moot point bc you're back in Platy land, but wanted to > follow-up anyway! > > Here is a photo tax of the Platy on the Smoke and fire 400 this past May. > [image: PXL_20240528_122632380.jpg] > On Sunday, July 28, 2024 at 4:34:16 PM UTC-7 Johnny Alien wrote: > >> It does seem like the Roadeo is fairly close. >> >> The Waterford used Reynold 531 OS tubing. I don't know any further specs >> though. It has an interesting feature where the cable stops are integrated >> into the lugs on the headtube. It was designed to work easier/better/more >> specifically with brifters. >> >> On Sunday, July 28, 2024 at 3:44:57 PM UTC-4 Patrick Moore wrote: >> >>> Ah, thanks. I looked at one of the miscellaneous "old Rivendell" geo >>> charts and found that for the Ram (don't know if the specs changed during >>> the Ram's lifespan or which model, if more than 1, these specs refer to, >>> but here they are. The second edition, blue Ram that I owned had these >>> specs. >>> >>> st 58 c-c, tt 57 c-c, cs 43.5, sta 72, hta 72.5, rake 50 >>> >>> Versus the Waterford at: 58, 57, 43, 73, 73, rake 43 >>> >>> Rodeo (per my chart, now years old): 57, 56.5 (sorry, Grant, tt length >>> does matter; I'd fit a 58 except that the tt is way too long; 60X56 c-c >>> ideal), cs 43, 72.5, 73, rake 43. >>> >>> On Sat, Jul 27, 2024 at 5:10 PM Johnny Alien <johnny....@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Here is the geometry chart for the Waterford RS frames of the era that >>>> I have.I believe the Riv Rambo was a slightly more slack frame. The >>>> roadini >>>> for sure is. I think this "might" be kind of close to the Roadeo?[image: >>>> Screenshot 2024-07-27 at 7.06.58 PM.png] >>>> >>>> On Saturday, July 27, 2024 at 6:00:26 PM UTC-4 Patrick Moore wrote: >>>> >>>>> And of course, *Roadeo.* >>>>> >>>>> On Sat, Jul 27, 2024 at 3:57 PM Patrick Moore <bert...@gmail.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> That's nice. It would be interesting to learn about the tube lengths >>>>>> and the angles and the tubing specs to see how they compare with current >>>>>> and older Rivendell purely road models -- Roadini, Road Standard, >>>>>> Longlow, >>>>>> Rambouillet. >>>>>> >>>>> -- >>>> >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>>> >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/821e836c-c488-4b17-8f4d-6e90c63e2d0bn%40googlegroups.com >>>> >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/821e836c-c488-4b17-8f4d-6e90c63e2d0bn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Patrick Moore >>> Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> Executive resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, letters, and other writing >>> services >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> *When thou didst not, savage, k**now thine own meaning,* >>> >>> *But wouldst gabble like a** thing most brutish,* >>> >>> *I endowed thy purposes w**ith words that made them known.* >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/10f81554-ec8b-4a1a-91de-d7f65f2a2ef4n%40googlegroups.com.
